Met Museum’s Catholicism-Inspired Fashion Exhibit Draws Record Crowds

The show’s success lies in the mix of religion and fashion

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Thursday that its “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibition, which concluded its five-month run on Oct. 8, set a single-show record of 1,659,647 visitors.

The exhibition, with roughly 200 pieces, was spread throughout galleries at the Met’s main Fifth Avenue location, as well as at the Cloisters in upper Manhattan.